Scrubber.



N0. 679,l33. Patented July 23, l90l.

m. N. VAN DERBECK.

SGBUBBEB.

(Application filed Jan. 18, 1901.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT omen MARY NETH VAN DERBEOK, OF LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.

SCRUBBER.

SPECIFICATIGN formingpart of Letters Patent NO. 67 9,133, dated. July23, 1901. Application filed January 18, 1901. Serial No. 453,728. (Nomodel.)

T0 60% whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, M'ARY NETH VAN DER- BECK, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Lincoln, in the county of Lancaster and Stateof Nebraska, have invented a new and Improved Scrubber, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates toadevice for scrubbing floors, rugs, and carpetswhich enables the work to be effectively executed without requiringgreat physical labor and necessitating the bending over of the persondoing the work.

This specification is a specific description of one form of theinvention, while the claim is a definition of the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both views.

Figure 1 is a side view of the invention, and Fig. 2 is a plan viewthereof.

(t represents a brush, which may be of the ordinary or any desiredconstruction. This brush is held in a clamp 19, fitted with athumb-screw 0, between which and the outer jaw h of the clamp the bodyof the brush is held. The clamp has a bifurcated shank d, carrying thejournal of a wheel 6, which is arranged to run on the floor to hold thebrush level and also to bear part of the thrust inv cident to theWorking of the brush, as will be fully explained hereinafter. This wheelis preferably provided with a rubber tire, as shown, for enabling theconvenient use of the scrubber. A handle f is provided, and

this handle is pivotally connected with the members of the shank d,through the medium of arms g, fastened to the handle and pivoted to therespective parts of the bifurcated shank.

In using the invention the brush is placed on the floor, serves to holdthe scrubbing de-.

vice level and apply the brush to the best effect. At the same time itbears a portion of the thrust against the brush due to its support andoperation, which without the wheel would tend to forcibly engage thescrubber with the floor at the edge nearest the handle and impede itsmovement in a horizontal plane, causing the brush to wear unevenly andhave less effective contact with the floor.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- A scrubbing device, comprising a clamp adapted toembrace a brush a screw working in the clamp to hold the brush andprojected rearwardly from the clamp, said clamp having a bifurcatedshank projecting rearwardly and essentially horizontally below thescrew, a wheel mounted in the bifurcated shank, and a handle having twoarms fastened thereto and embracing and pivoted to the bifurcated shankof the clamp, said arms being capable of straddling the screw so as toswing upward over the same.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

J. F. LANSING, H. W. LANSING.

